Closure for bottles, jars, and similar vessels.



No. 823,124. PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

. s. 0. KINDIG.

CLOSURE FOR BOTTLES, JARS, AND SIMILAR VBSSBLS.

APPLICATION FILED OGT.10. 1905.

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

SAMUEL C. KINDIGr, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO FREDERICK HENKELMAN, OF BALTIMORE; MARYLAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed October 10, 1905. Serial No. 282,189.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL C. KINDIG, acitizen of the United States, residin at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, lave invented new and useful Improvements in C10- sures for Bottles, Jars, and Similar Vessels, of which the following is a specification. A

This invention relates to improvements in closures for bottles, jars, and similar vessels, and has for its object to provide a cheap, simple, and efficient device by means of which a bottle, jar, or other vessel may readily be sealed and unsealed; also, to provide a closure which is permanently attached to the bottle or other vessel and of such a construction as to permit of the sealing-cork being removed w en worn out from use and replaced by a new one.

Other features of my invention will be fully set forth in the following specification.

The invention consists of the new and novel parts and combination of parts hereinafter shown, described, and claimed. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottle, showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the metal disk to which the sealingcorkis attached. Fig. 4 is a vertical elevation of Fig. 3.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, formin part of this specification, and in which 'ke numerals of reference designate like parts, 1 designates the bottle-neck, having an external annular flange 2 at the upper end thereof. Secured to the bottle-neck just below the said flange 2 is a wire 3, having two depending eyes 4. This wire 3 is held in position by twistin the ends together. A wire 5 has its ends ent at right angles and projects into the eyes 4 and is adapted to be moved back and forth over the upper end of the bottle. A cam-lever 6 is pivoted to the wire 5 at 7 and is provided with cam-faces 8 8 on opposite sides thereof and an elongated slot 9'near the lower end. The lower surface 10 of the said lever 6 is flat and rests on the top surface of the disk 11 when the bottle is sealed. The disk 11 is provided with an eye 12 on its upper surface, which projects through the elongated slot 9 in the lever 6 and secures the disk to the said lever 6. The disk 11 is also provided with a depending shank 13, having a pointed head 14 on its lower end adapted to be forced through the cork l5. Surrounding said shank and held against the lower surface of the disk 11 is a conical sealing-cork 15, which projects into the bottle or other vessel and seals it when forced down by the cam-lever 6. The said cork 15 is securely held on the shank 13 between the disk 11 and the head 14. When the sealing-cork 15 is rendered useless from wear or other cause, it may be removed and another one forced over the shank 13 and secured in position. This may be repeated as often as the sealing-corks wear out or become useless from any other cause.

The operation of the device is as follows: After the bottle, jar, or other vessel has been filled the wire 5 is moved up in a vertical position, as shown in Fi 1, and the cam-lever 6 tilted in a horizonta position, which raises the sealing-cork and allows the latter to be inserted in the bottle or other vessel. The cam-lever 6 is then forced up into a vertical position, during which movement the camface of the lever 6 presses on the upper surface of the disk 11 and forces the sealingcork down into the bottle and seals the latter. The lower flat surface of the lever 6 rests upon the disk 11 when in the vertical position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and holds it in this position. When opening the bottle or other vessel, the wire 5 may be forced to either side, which causes the lever 6 to tilt, or the said lever may be tilted by pressure thereon above the wire 5. When the lever 6 tilts, it lifts the disk 1 1, and consequently the sealing-cork, and allows the contents to be poured from the vessel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A closure for bottles, jars, and similar vessels, comprising a wire 5 secured to the bottle, a cam-lever pivoted to said wire and having a flat lower surface and a cam-surface on each side of said fiat surface, a disk secured to the said cam-lever and having a depending shank provided with a pointed head on its lower end, and a conical cork secured to said shank between the said disk and head.

2. The combination with a bottle, jar, or similar vessel, of a closure comprising a wire secured to said bottle, a cam-lever pivoted to said wire and having cam-faces on opposite sides of its lower surface, a disk secured to the said lever and having a depending shank provided with a pointe head on its lower end, and a sealingcork surrounding said shank between the disk and head.

3. The combination with a bottle, jar, or similar vessel, of a closure comprising a wire secured to said bottle, a cam-lever ivoted to said wire andhaving an elongate slot near its lower surface, a disk secured to said cam lever and havin a depending shank provided with a pointed head on its lower end, and a conical sealing-cork surrounding said shank between the disk and head.

4. The combination with a bottle, jar, or similar vessel, of a closure comprising a wire secured to the said bottle, a cam-lever pivoted to said wire and having an elongated slot near its lower surface and a fiat lower surface, a disk secured to said cam-lever and having a depending shank provided with a pointed head on its lower end, and a conical sealing-cork surrounding said shank between the disk and head.

5. The combination with a bottle, jar, or similar vessel, of a closure comprising a wire pivotally secured to said bottle, a cam-lever pivoted to the said wire and having an elongated slot near the lower end and a flat lower surface and adapted to be operated from opposite sides of the bottle, a disk having an eye on its upper surface which passes through the elon ated slot in the said lever, a depending shan having a pointed head on its lower end, and a conical sealing-cork surrounding the said shank between the disk and head,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL C. KINDIG.

Witnesses:

CHAPIN A. FERGUSON, HENRY WATSON. 

